The Role Of Tiresias within the Play: Oedipus Rex Characters in a play serve the purpose of giving the reader a story. Without characters, there is no story. Every character has a purpose. Some characters have a strong role, moving with intent and design while playing upon the personality and desire of other characters. In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, the character Tiresias acts as a guide within the plot. He holds the key …showed first 75 words of 827 total…

…showed last 75 words of 827 total…not only the development of the plot, but as well Oedipus Rex's fate. As a blind prophet, Tiresias uses positive qualities such as knowledge, truth and faith to control Oedipus' future of negative misfortune. Having a guide within a play or novel may not seem like a very important figure in the story line. However, it is the characters who play the small parts that often prove most necessary and most significant within a tale.